"A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience."

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Source : Naomi Wolf (2013). “The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women”, p.187, Random House

Naomi Wolf

#Beauty Quotes #Women Quotes #Independent Quotes

“Yoga is the practice of radical transformation”
“The goal of a great democracy should be fulfillment, not ease. It should be adequacy, not serenity.”
“In retrospect, of course I regret calling them (Charlton fans) morons. Imbeciles would have been more appropriate.”
“The Holy Bible is like a mirror before our mind's eye. In it we see our inner face. From the Scriptures we can learn our spiritual deformities and beauties. And there too we discover the progress we are making and how far we are from perfection.”
“And specialness - everyone wants it. But Jesus, is it the most essential thing there is? Most people aren't talented. So what are they supposed to do - kill themselves?”
“My wife and I have purchased two hybrids. We bought a 3 kw photovoltaic unit. We recycle and offset our carbon emissions on the Internet. We turn things off. But we also spend two nice salaries every year, and here's the dirty little secret - our environmental footprint is HUGE, I'm sure. We've all got to do what we can in our individual lives, but we've also got to drive the systemic changes that will make the big differences.”

Source : "Book World: 'The Bridge at the Edge of the World'". Live chat, www.washingtonpost.com. April 29, 2008.
“To be honest I live among the English and have always found them to be very honest in their business dealings. They are noble, hard-working and anxious to do the right thing. But joy eludes them, they lack the joy that the Irish have.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Say no to parking lots!”

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